The Children Of Luiz

- Composer, classical guitar and percussion performer Mark Van Overmeire has spent 6 weeks in CEAMAC, a street child care center in Salvador da Bah Brazil. Mark donates his song 'Os Meninos Inocentes' (The Innocent Children) and postcards to the Children of Luiz

Brugge, Belgium August 17, 2004 -- Mark Van Overmeire, a composer, classical guitar player and percussion performer from Belgium, has spent 6 weeks in the street child care center CEAMAC. The owner Luiz Santana, once a street child himself, runs the center without support. “This has been the most rewarding experience of my life," Mark comments. “The love that I received from the children was so overwhelming. It breaks my heart to see them wander to an uncertain future."

Mark composed http://www.markvanovermeire.com/osmeninosinocentes.htm [‘Os Meninos Inocentes’] (The Innocent Children) after his stay with the Children of Luiz. The song has been published on his recently released CD http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/overmeire/from/kramnav [‘Impresiones’], a musical translation of his 4 year stay in South America and an album that travels from jazz to world, from folk to classical. "Well, this is just magical," independent reviewer Dave Starns writes about ‘Impresiones’. "The best use of effects for atmosphere I've heard in awhile. This is sort of jazz in the same way some of Eberhard Weber's orchestral ECM music is jazz.

"Salvador da Bahis known as the Capital of Africa in Brazil”, Mark says. “Drum Bands parade in the city, there are parties till sunrise but http://www.markvanovermeire.com/osmeninosinocentes.htm [‘Os Meninos Inocentes’] portrays another side of a striking city”. "It seems like a simple song but it flirts with difficult rhythm changes and modulations thus creating a feeling of fragility".

Mark is donating all downloads of his song http://www.markvanovermeire.com/osmeninosinocentes.htm [‘Os Meninos Inocentes’], available through Mark's website for €0.99, to the Children of Luiz. To support the children even more Mark is offering beautiful postcards with photographs of some of the children through http://www.cafepress.com/kramusica/361598 [Cafepress.com/kramusica]. All sales are going directly to the Children of Luiz.

For more information please contact:

Mark Van Overmeire
Willemijnendreef 9
8000 Brugge
Belgium
Phone: +32 478 343487
www.markvanovermeire.com

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